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to a "new york times"/cbs poll, mitt romney leads the president by one point in colorado. last month the president was up one point in that state. in virginia, president obama's lead from last month grew slightly. he's now up 51%-46%. and in wisconsin, the candidates are within the margin of error after the president lost a point from last month and mitt romney gained two. in all three battleground states, voters by double digits believe the economy is getting better compared to the numbers back in july. >> and mark halperin, that may be the big takeaway from this poll. the race is getting much closer. nobody can predict what's going to happen. if you look at a big friend, thoug trend, you've got to look at a lot of americans in these swing states are looking at the economy saying things are getting better. >> it's clearly a huge factor and yet, obviously, the debate from denver is also a huge factor. i think, you know, we look a lot at the margin of error, and these numbers aren't shifting all that much. what's key is in a lot of the states the president is below 50. that
to a "new york times"/cbs poll, mitt romney leads the president by one point in colorado. last month the president was up one point in that state. in virginia, president obama's lead from last month grew slightly. he's now up 51%-46%. and in wisconsin, the candidates are within the margin of error after the president lost a point from last month and mitt romney gained two. in all three battleground states, voters by double digits believe the economy is getting better compared to the...
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mitt romney and barack obama really neck and neck whether you're looking at the national polls or the battleground state polls. >> yeah, that's right. there's no question about it, joe. and you can see that the -- as we've gotten a little bit further away from that first debate where president obama performed so poorly, you can see that the lingering effects of it have been a little less than we might have thought before. there's no question mitt romney helped himself a little bit in terms of his likability, in terms of conservative and republican enthusiasm. the race in terms of the national numbers with back to being, as you said, joe, a jump ball. i keep looking at that ohio number at the end. when you think about the closer we get to election day, the more we have to think about what are the paths to 270 electoral votes. that ohio number at five is still a big problem for romney if he's going to try to get all the way there. >> richard wolffe, the bottom line is if mitt romney cannot win ohio, and at this point you've got early voting going in, absentee voting going in, that's hap
mitt romney and barack obama really neck and neck whether you're looking at the national polls or the battleground state polls. >> yeah, that's right. there's no question about it, joe. and you can see that the -- as we've gotten a little bit further away from that first debate where president obama performed so poorly, you can see that the lingering effects of it have been a little less than we might have thought before. there's no question mitt romney helped himself a little bit in...
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we saw the pugh poll that shows romney up a great bit. now the real news begins, the state by state by state polls. >> four weeks away. can you believe it. >> we have a few to report on this morning. >> the election is coming. the fight for battleground states, less than four weeks until election day in ohio where there are 18 electoral votes up for grabs. a new cnn poll conducted after the debate shows the president leading by four points, 51-47. romney has gained four points there in just over a week. in new hampshire a new wmur granite state poll showses in last nine day he's whittled the 15-point lead down to 6 points. national polls has romney edging ahead of barack obama for the first time this year. the question is, is this what happens naturally, or was this spurred by the debate? >> it doesn't happen naturally. it happens after an earthquake. >> really? >> there was a political earthquake last week, the likes of which i've never seen in american politics, where a shift happened that dramatically in one night. donny, you've seen t
we saw the pugh poll that shows romney up a great bit. now the real news begins, the state by state by state polls. >> four weeks away. can you believe it. >> we have a few to report on this morning. >> the election is coming. the fight for battleground states, less than four weeks until election day in ohio where there are 18 electoral votes up for grabs. a new cnn poll conducted after the debate shows the president leading by four points, 51-47. romney has gained four points...
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anyway, in the new york times/cbs poll, romney is ahead 46% to 43%. the poll shows romney's support among women voters topping the presidents. remember the gender gap mark halperin? what happened? romney had the latest cbs/new york times poll, you look inside the numbers, 6% more of the respondents were democrats than republicans. this poll was tilted democratic. still, more women supporting romney right now. >> well, that poll shows democrats did well. there's disinnocence in the numbers. people's optimism with the economy with romney doing better. the trend is clear in the national numbers. national numbers aren't what decides this. the president is going to crater in a lot of the red states. it's going to throw off some of the numbers. he may do worse in the red states than romney does in the blue states. that makes the numbers skewed. it's clear, as romney gets further and further away from perry and santorum, his overall favorable/unfavorable looks better. it's clear governor romney is consolidating support among people unhappy with the president
anyway, in the new york times/cbs poll, romney is ahead 46% to 43%. the poll shows romney's support among women voters topping the presidents. remember the gender gap mark halperin? what happened? romney had the latest cbs/new york times poll, you look inside the numbers, 6% more of the respondents were democrats than republicans. this poll was tilted democratic. still, more women supporting romney right now. >> well, that poll shows democrats did well. there's disinnocence in the...
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t.j., it was the poll you just put up. thank you. >> there we go. >> mitt romney at 40%. he's plus five in this poll. mitt's going up in this poll and down in others. jon huntsman, 17%, up four, ron paul, minus 5%, and santorum up 11%. what's happening in new hampshire with ron paul? is it that people that like him from afar start focusing on some of the -- >> reality? >> well, the reality and also some of the things that he's saying in the debates. and also he's taking on -- he's been a one-man wrecking ball. going after everybody saying some really harsh things. is that hurting him here? >> well, and a lot of his supporters are not voters. you go to -- we went to a ron paul rally out at the national airport here. and it's like a fish concert both the way people are dressed and the fact that they follow him. >> very nice. >> so you look at a ron paul rally, it's all out of state plates. >> could you do our friend, the lsu cap a favor. don't use hip cultural references. >> grilled cheese for a buck. >> mike allen, politico playbook. >> great week. >> thank you, mike. >> p
t.j., it was the poll you just put up. thank you. >> there we go. >> mitt romney at 40%. he's plus five in this poll. mitt's going up in this poll and down in others. jon huntsman, 17%, up four, ron paul, minus 5%, and santorum up 11%. what's happening in new hampshire with ron paul? is it that people that like him from afar start focusing on some of the -- >> reality? >> well, the reality and also some of the things that he's saying in the debates. and also he's taking...
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the poll has romney pulling ahead by four points among likely voters. 50% to 46%. this is obviously a big shift. it's only one poll. but perhaps the bigger take away from this poll and some others is how the candidates are ranking among likely woman voters in those battleground states. we've heard an awful lot about the gender gap since the primary season, but among likely female voters in swing states, mitt romney's pulling almost even with the president. 48% to 49%, among male voters in the swing states, romney has an eight-point lead over the president. mark, let's start with you. you're reporting right now that senior democratic officials are starting to talk to you about real concern about the possibility of a buckeye state slipping away from the obama campaign. of course, you talk to democrats, mark, and they'll tell you they're always overly concerned. the polls still show barack obama well ahead. but they're starting to see florida definitely shift in the polls and now they're afraid this may be happening in ohio. tell us why as we -- as we're, you know, we
the poll has romney pulling ahead by four points among likely voters. 50% to 46%. this is obviously a big shift. it's only one poll. but perhaps the bigger take away from this poll and some others is how the candidates are ranking among likely woman voters in those battleground states. we've heard an awful lot about the gender gap since the primary season, but among likely female voters in swing states, mitt romney's pulling almost even with the president. 48% to 49%, among male voters in the...
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the latest polls show romney with a big lead in arizona. 43% support him according to this new ppp poll, rick santorum at 26%. in michigan, the number's much tighter. the latest poll shows romney and santorum in a statistical tie there. the last couple of weeks of campaigning have hurt santorum's image with michigan voters a bit. the former pennsylvania senator's favorability rating dropped from 63% to 57%. rising from 23% to 37%. that's a net decline of 29 points. republicans now say they have an unfavorable view of santorum in michigan. romney took a break from campaigning in michigan to go to yesterday's showcase nascar race the daytona 500, there was rain, it's been postponed. romney got a close-up view of the cars. the photograph here, the number 26 car, sponsored, you can see on the back end by rick santorum. romney's attempt, though, to connect with the average nascar voter backfired a bit when he was asked by a reporter whether or not he follows the sport. romney answered this way. not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but i have so great friends who are nascar team ow
the latest polls show romney with a big lead in arizona. 43% support him according to this new ppp poll, rick santorum at 26%. in michigan, the number's much tighter. the latest poll shows romney and santorum in a statistical tie there. the last couple of weeks of campaigning have hurt santorum's image with michigan voters a bit. the former pennsylvania senator's favorability rating dropped from 63% to 57%. rising from 23% to 37%. that's a net decline of 29 points. republicans now say they have...
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cnn polled missouri, arizona and indiana, hence romney's margin. the cnn orc poll also shows the country's deeply divided in the supreme court's ruling to uphold president obama's health care bill. 50% agree with the justices' decision, while 49% disagree. 52% of those polled, most or all of the parts of affordable care act. what was that? back that up. i don't understand that. how is that written? 52% of the people polled favored most or all of the parts of the affordable care act. okay. mitt romney plans to visit israel later this summer but we don't care about that. we want to talk about the numbers. what is going on here with two different poll, the disparity in those polls? >> the horse race stuff? >> yeah. >> as you said, if you include missouri, indiana and arizona, you're going to jack up governor romney's numbers and if you include those in the battleground states. i think the important number continues to not be their head to head so much as where the president is. a lot of these battle ground states the president is below 50. in some cas
cnn polled missouri, arizona and indiana, hence romney's margin. the cnn orc poll also shows the country's deeply divided in the supreme court's ruling to uphold president obama's health care bill. 50% agree with the justices' decision, while 49% disagree. 52% of those polled, most or all of the parts of affordable care act. what was that? back that up. i don't understand that. how is that written? 52% of the people polled favored most or all of the parts of the affordable care act. okay. mitt...
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first, let's get to the polls, a new nbc marist polls mitt romney with a ten-point lead over newt gingrich in south carolina. romney getting 34% of the vote followed by gingrich with 24%, ron paul coming in with 16%, santorum, 14%. at the fox news debate on monday and gingrich's perceived strong performance -- >> look at these numbers. our nbc poll shows romney dropping six points here and gingrich jumping four. the nbc poll shows 56% of voters view the former massachusetts governor as an acceptable nominee, 26% say he's acceptable, be uh they have reservations, and 17% say romney is not acceptable to represent the republican party. this may have to do with the fact that only 13% of republican voters think romney is a true conservative. >> that said, though, if you go back to the last screen, i've got to say, in a heated -- in a heated primary contest with so many candidates, if you've got over 70 people saying you're acceptable to the party, those are good numbers. for any candidate. but, joe, we've been talking about mitt's bad luck, a lot of self-inflicted wounds and -- >> that's not lu
first, let's get to the polls, a new nbc marist polls mitt romney with a ten-point lead over newt gingrich in south carolina. romney getting 34% of the vote followed by gingrich with 24%, ron paul coming in with 16%, santorum, 14%. at the fox news debate on monday and gingrich's perceived strong performance -- >> look at these numbers. our nbc poll shows romney dropping six points here and gingrich jumping four. the nbc poll shows 56% of voters view the former massachusetts governor as an...
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in the national polls mitt romney ahead by double digits. the gap much closer than people expected even a month or two ago and he's still behind in the models and you scratch your head and say, well, if you had told us six months ago that one of the candidates would be up by double digits, you would say they'll win the election. not the case here. >> well, because we've seen that president obama didn't win independent voters and still came out ahead. mitt romney is ahead in our latest poll seven points among independent voters. their campaign points to that as a real strong sign. the obama team says, look, if you look at his favorability rating it's upside-down among those who self-identify as independent voters, so how are the late breakers going to break for him? the obama team thinks a lot of the undecided folks are just not going to vote so that's ultimately how white this electorate is, how republican versus democrat it is. that's the deal. >> that's the thing. if you have a plus five democratic electorate, the independents don't matter
in the national polls mitt romney ahead by double digits. the gap much closer than people expected even a month or two ago and he's still behind in the models and you scratch your head and say, well, if you had told us six months ago that one of the candidates would be up by double digits, you would say they'll win the election. not the case here. >> well, because we've seen that president obama didn't win independent voters and still came out ahead. mitt romney is ahead in our latest...
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the tracking poll is likely voters has romney up by 5 percentage points. a new washington post abc tracking poll of likely voters has the race even at 49% apiece, a pew research center survey has the candidates not among likely voters, 47% each, can you believe this? and it's still hard to get a sense as to who has the upper hand in key swing states. in florida, a cnn/orc poll has romney up by just one point well within the margin of error. and in north carolina, where democrats held their convention last month, a university poll has it even 45% to 45%. >> mark haleprin, can't get much closer everywhere. >> i mean -- >> and minnesota, minnesota is not even a key swing state. you've got bill clinton going in because a new poll shows mitt romney within the margin of error in minnesota. plus, you have some information about some space where the republicans are about to start rushing in and putting up campaign ads that are not states that the obama team thought they would have to worry about one week out. >> we're going to go into election day not knowing. i d
the tracking poll is likely voters has romney up by 5 percentage points. a new washington post abc tracking poll of likely voters has the race even at 49% apiece, a pew research center survey has the candidates not among likely voters, 47% each, can you believe this? and it's still hard to get a sense as to who has the upper hand in key swing states. in florida, a cnn/orc poll has romney up by just one point well within the margin of error. and in north carolina, where democrats held their...
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according to an nbc marist poll, romney leads newt by 15 points. a miami herald tampa bay times polls paints a similar picture with romney up 11 points over gingrich followed by rick santorum and ron paul. and romney's lead is deep and wide. a breakdown shows romney cleaning up in almost every subgroup of voters. beats speaker gingrich 20 points among women. and he's within the margin of error among tea partiers. the miami herald poll also shows romny holding a commanding lead among hispanics. a large florida voting block. and 72% of registered republicans here in miami-dade county are hispanics and romney leads gingrich by 24 points among those voters. >> i want to tell you about -- max's mom. >> take your baby. >> never give her a baby. >> can i have him back later? thank you. >> so, willie geist, you see this happen a lot of times in elections in states like florida. and as i said coming in to florida from south carolina, florida is a nation in and of itself. one speech in one part of the state is not going to move voters in another part of the
according to an nbc marist poll, romney leads newt by 15 points. a miami herald tampa bay times polls paints a similar picture with romney up 11 points over gingrich followed by rick santorum and ron paul. and romney's lead is deep and wide. a breakdown shows romney cleaning up in almost every subgroup of voters. beats speaker gingrich 20 points among women. and he's within the margin of error among tea partiers. the miami herald poll also shows romny holding a commanding lead among hispanics....
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and american research group poll also has romney and gingrich on top. ron paul in third with 20%, and rick perry in fourth with just 9%. a new poll that's being considered an outlier shows a close three-way race for second place. reuters has ron paul and rick santorum tied at 16% followed by gingrich with 12%, rick perry with 6%, and huntsman with 3%. so there's this focus on bain capital and mitt romney. his rivals, joe, are going after him and really trying to chip away at the narrative that he may not be good in terms of economic vision. all playing into the big game, isn't it? >> it is playing into the big game. i've got to say, that poll, the last poll that you said that's a new poll actually was in the field the same day the other two polls were in the field too. so we have some widely divergent polls here. one that shows mitt romney way ahead. that is an outlier because they actually doesn't even line up with romney's team and gingrich's team and perry's team are telling me off the record. that actually this race is much closer than that last pol
and american research group poll also has romney and gingrich on top. ron paul in third with 20%, and rick perry in fourth with just 9%. a new poll that's being considered an outlier shows a close three-way race for second place. reuters has ron paul and rick santorum tied at 16% followed by gingrich with 12%, rick perry with 6%, and huntsman with 3%. so there's this focus on bain capital and mitt romney. his rivals, joe, are going after him and really trying to chip away at the narrative that...
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it has romney and gingrich just eight points apart. nd a new suffolk university poll shows romney's lead widening. and newt gingrich and rick santorum and ron paul comes in last with 9%. >> i wonder, gene robinson, are we going to show some clips from these candidatesnd it's vacuous. but i remember, and i won wonder if this is where we are as a nation. if this is how we elect our presidents. i remember last year or four years ago, watching barack obama, this guy with very little experience, being swept to victory by talking about hope and change. and commented halfway through that campaign, it's like selling potato chips. it's about branding. i was jumping up and down saying -- this is all a big pr campaign for a guy that's really a glorified state senator. is that where we are as a nation? that this is somehow we elect our leaders? >> that's the way we run our elections now. and not where the nation is, because we've been in all of these states. we talk to people, they have concrete, real concerns. and, and they want them talked about and addressed and more than that. they want somethin
it has romney and gingrich just eight points apart. nd a new suffolk university poll shows romney's lead widening. and newt gingrich and rick santorum and ron paul comes in last with 9%. >> i wonder, gene robinson, are we going to show some clips from these candidatesnd it's vacuous. but i remember, and i won wonder if this is where we are as a nation. if this is how we elect our presidents. i remember last year or four years ago, watching barack obama, this guy with very little...
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the polls not looking good. mitt romney saying he's not paying attention to the polls. you're having a lot of his supporters saying, well, you don't pay any attention to the polls. i heard walter mondale say that the night before the election. a lot of desperation going on on the far right, but what's happening in the race? >> laser focus on the swing states. the candidates in virginia today, one of 30 states where early voting is already under way. it's a state president obama won in 2008 by more than six points. and where a polling average from real clear politics shows him right now at this moment up about 4.5 points. yesterday both candidates holding rallies in ohio, crisscrossing the state, sometimes almost running into each other they were so close campaigning. mitt romney tried to brush back suggestions his campaign is faltering there after that "new york times"/cbs/quinnipiac poll showing him ten points down in ohio. >> i'm very pleased with some polls, less so with other polls. but frankly at this early stage, polls go up and down. i don't expect to get 100% of
the polls not looking good. mitt romney saying he's not paying attention to the polls. you're having a lot of his supporters saying, well, you don't pay any attention to the polls. i heard walter mondale say that the night before the election. a lot of desperation going on on the far right, but what's happening in the race? >> laser focus on the swing states. the candidates in virginia today, one of 30 states where early voting is already under way. it's a state president obama won in...
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but according to both polls, romney won on the issue of the economy with the cbs poll showing romney edging the president by 31 points on that issue. the cnn poll favored romney by 18 on the economy. >> mike barnicle, that's quite a divergence when you start talking about who won the debate versus who won the economy. and you wonder whether the people that said the president won the debate were just talking about style points when they turned right around and said that it seemed like romney, by a 31-point margin in the cbs poll, would do a better job on the economy. >> yeah, i don't know what these instant polls mean, if they mean anything at all, joe, after a debate like that. what i think is meaningful is the clips that we just showed, the president of the united states showed up in that debate. especially when he turned to governor romney, established eye contact perhaps for the first time in either of these two debates with governor romney, eye contact, and told him, that's mott what we do. that was the president of the united states. and that was a critical moment for governor r
but according to both polls, romney won on the issue of the economy with the cbs poll showing romney edging the president by 31 points on that issue. the cnn poll favored romney by 18 on the economy. >> mike barnicle, that's quite a divergence when you start talking about who won the debate versus who won the economy. and you wonder whether the people that said the president won the debate were just talking about style points when they turned right around and said that it seemed like...
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another poll showing romney up. balance of the evidence now shows that romney has a very small lead there. i hi as chuck mentioned in ohio, in -- colorado, you mentioned earlier, joe, same thing. both democrats and republicans feel like they are winning. and -- it is a situation where, you know, it is going to come down the latino vote, 21%. in colorado. also, you know, suburban vote which is where lit come down to in a lot of the swing states. >> did you know also this year will be extraordinarily close. the closest election most likely since 2000. and the states are in elections like that even new hampshire which, of course, won the presidencies for george w. bush, makes a big difference. in new hampshire, one poll that actually has the president up by nine. all the other polls showed this deadlocked. >> yeah. i mean, the -- university of new hampshire poll looks like a bit of an outlier. the rest of the polling evidence we have seen in this state, that state, shows it is a -- you know, a tie race. there is a poll
another poll showing romney up. balance of the evidence now shows that romney has a very small lead there. i hi as chuck mentioned in ohio, in -- colorado, you mentioned earlier, joe, same thing. both democrats and republicans feel like they are winning. and -- it is a situation where, you know, it is going to come down the latino vote, 21%. in colorado. also, you know, suburban vote which is where lit come down to in a lot of the swing states. >> did you know also this year will be...
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after romney spoke, they took a poll. how many people thought mitt romney would win the election? not one of the ten. so that's the kind of hole mitt romney is in even with his own people. what we found is that his aides and advisers are very clear-eyed about this. they get that if they're going to win, it's going to be very late. so what are they going to do? the two words that they're talking about are "more mitt." they recognize they need to personalize him. we saw an ad this week that was just the candidate's voice. we'll see more of that. second, joe was just talking about the appeal of paul ryan. we're going to see more of the two of them together. not only is it great tv, it gets better coverage, more durable coverage, makes more of a difference when the two of them go into a market together. so we'll probably see them together in ohio, virginia, wisconsin. and third, they're gambling on the debates. we discovered that mitt romney had done five practice debates in two days. shows you what kind of weight they're putting on them. >> you know, it's something, mike, you talked
after romney spoke, they took a poll. how many people thought mitt romney would win the election? not one of the ten. so that's the kind of hole mitt romney is in even with his own people. what we found is that his aides and advisers are very clear-eyed about this. they get that if they're going to win, it's going to be very late. so what are they going to do? the two words that they're talking about are "more mitt." they recognize they need to personalize him. we saw an ad this week...
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been a tough week polling for mitt romney. up next, we will show you the numbers from three battleground states with more "morning joe." hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ playing a lone hand ♪ my life begins today ♪ ♪ fly by night away from here ♪ ♪ change my life again ♪ ♪ fly by night, goodbye my dear ♪ ♪ my ship isn't coming ♪ and i just can't pretend oww! ♪ [ male announcer ] careful, you're no longer invisible in a midsize sedan. the volkswagen passat. the 2012 motor trend car of the year. that's the power of german engineering. i i had pain in my abdomen...g. car of the year. it just wouldn't go away. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reason. that's what i remember. seeing
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in ohio, where the polls show us how horribly mitt romney is doing in ohio, you know what? i was saying last week, 45 days? there are not really 45 days left. we've got to turn this around or we lose. here's what was writ p, mitt's media blame game. this by a conservative, by the way. extreme right-wing trolls. "the wall street journal." just like "the wall street journal's" been warning mitt romney's campaign for a month now that he'd better do something or else he's going to do. since pulling even in the polls after the paul ryan pick and the gop convention last month, the romney campaign has stumbled repeatedly. yet mr. romney, who's losing by five or more points in iowa, colorado, wisconsin, michigan, ohio, florida, and virginia, sees blue skies ahead. asked how he intended to turn his campaign around, mr. romney told "60 minutes," "wet it doesn't need a turn around." and romney surrogates were out all over the weekend blaming the liberal media for the campaign's troubles. the press didn't tried ronald reagan and george w. bush any less unfairly. mr. romney would do bet
in ohio, where the polls show us how horribly mitt romney is doing in ohio, you know what? i was saying last week, 45 days? there are not really 45 days left. we've got to turn this around or we lose. here's what was writ p, mitt's media blame game. this by a conservative, by the way. extreme right-wing trolls. "the wall street journal." just like "the wall street journal's" been warning mitt romney's campaign for a month now that he'd better do something or else he's going...
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the polls not looking good. tt romney saying he's not paying attention to the polls. a lot o supporters saying you don't pay attention to t polls. i heard walter mondale say that before the election. what's happening in the race? >> laser focus on the swing states. it's a state president obama won in 2008 be an soi an polling average from real clear politics shows him right now at this moment up about 4.5 points. yesterday both candidates holding rallies in ohio crisscrossing the state sometimes almost running into each other they were so close campgning there. mitt romney tried to brush back ggonatpa i faltering there after that "the new york times"/cbs poll showing him down ten points in ohio. >> i'm very pleased with some polls. less so with other polls. frankly at this early stage, polls go up and polls go down. i don't expect to get 100 o kn iotngo g 100%. i hope to get 50 plus percent and make sure i become the next president. >> talking about those polls yesterday, mitt romney's cited gallup a a couple national llthat suggest the . >> why would he cite the gall
the polls not looking good. tt romney saying he's not paying attention to the polls. a lot o supporters saying you don't pay attention to t polls. i heard walter mondale say that before the election. what's happening in the race? >> laser focus on the swing states. it's a state president obama won in 2008 be an soi an polling average from real clear politics shows him right now at this moment up about 4.5 points. yesterday both candidates holding rallies in ohio crisscrossing the state...
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we have got a new set of polls out that should cause the romney team much, much concern. and also, i guess you'd call it an upset in texas, but the republican party is a conservative party and tngs exa one of the most conservative states and i think young conservative star was born last night a texas republican runoff. let's go to news. >> that's true, joe. the poll first because it is kind of surprising. i think we'll be kind of surprising to a lot of people. that was very artfully done, meechum. >> thank you, thank you. >> quite artfully. anyway, joe, a new quinnipiac pal shows president obama with leads in three major swing states. obama leads mitt romney head to head by six points in florida, six points in ohio and 11 points in pennsylvania. governor romney's unfavorable outweigh his favorables in all three states. on the other hand, president obama's favorables top 50% in each of those states. on the economy, the polls show voters overwhelmingly believe the economy is staying the same or getting worse. just a quarter of those polled said it was getting better. people
we have got a new set of polls out that should cause the romney team much, much concern. and also, i guess you'd call it an upset in texas, but the republican party is a conservative party and tngs exa one of the most conservative states and i think young conservative star was born last night a texas republican runoff. let's go to news. >> that's true, joe. the poll first because it is kind of surprising. i think we'll be kind of surprising to a lot of people. that was very artfully done,...
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in the same poll, president obama leads mitt romney in his ndlif e ecomy ill estat. 51% of polled voters say the president would do the better job. >> okay, let's go back to the last slide, guys. and mark halperin, let's talk to you. i know you agree with me that the media is liberal. guess what? republicans have someh managed to win dpitehat a raas you've said it repeatedly on this show. so despite that fact, mitt romney is not getting crushed in all three of these states because of the liberal media bias. what's hapning the, and why is he lingoba especially in oh? >> well, it's very unlikely the president will win those states by those margins, but these numbers are not out of line dramatically with private polling and some other public polling. i think the biggest problem rit now remains him. he's not driving asient mee. the president does -- says something, the republicans get all excited about it. they treat it like a gaffe. they'll talk about it for a day. and then they'll move on to something else. the biggest danger to me right now for the republican party are two things. one is
in the same poll, president obama leads mitt romney in his ndlif e ecomy ill estat. 51% of polled voters say the president would do the better job. >> okay, let's go back to the last slide, guys. and mark halperin, let's talk to you. i know you agree with me that the media is liberal. guess what? republicans have someh managed to win dpitehat a raas you've said it repeatedly on this show. so despite that fact, mitt romney is not getting crushed in all three of these states because of the...
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check out those polls. >> real quick, mark -- >> most important thing about that poll, it will help romney raise money. more people will show up at fundraisers because of jim's poll. >> all right. >> and check him out at politico.com. >> he can thank us. >>> coming up in sports, the phillies cole hamels sends a message to bryce harper putting one in the kid's back on sunday night baseball. harper got his revenge, though. highlights when we come back. >>> plus, the new jersey tan mom immortalized by kristin wiig on "snl." "news you can't use" coming up. keep it on "morning joe." [ jennifer garner ] why can't strong sunscreen feel great? actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer provides unbeatable uva uvb protection and while other sunscreens can feel greasy ultra sheer® is clean and dry. it's the best for your skin. ultra sheer®. neutrogena®. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ how you want. kiwi. soy milk. im
check out those polls. >> real quick, mark -- >> most important thing about that poll, it will help romney raise money. more people will show up at fundraisers because of jim's poll. >> all right. >> and check him out at politico.com. >> he can thank us. >>> coming up in sports, the phillies cole hamels sends a message to bryce harper putting one in the kid's back on sunday night baseball. harper got his revenge, though. highlights when we come back....
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here's how the poll has the field. romney topping with 38% with santorum with 32%. newt gingrich and ron paul with 13%. when asked how the nominating process affected people's view of the party, 40% said it made them look at the party less favorably and 12% said more favorable and 47% said no impact. it shows how mitt romney compares with past candidates. she lower than mccain, kerry, bush, and dole at the same point in the race. head to head matchups nationally against president obama, all four fall short. mitt romney is the closest, six points behind the president. on the congressional preference, 41% said republicans are the preferred majority in congress. 46% would rather see democrats in charge. 55% said the democratic party appeals to nonsupporters and 26% said the republican party. we will look ahead to a few races. we will talk about the polls. >> let's go through the -- do we have the head to head matchups to the president with ohio and virginia? >> in virginia, only mitt romney and ron paul. romney is leading 69% to 26%. a closer race in ohio where we have
here's how the poll has the field. romney topping with 38% with santorum with 32%. newt gingrich and ron paul with 13%. when asked how the nominating process affected people's view of the party, 40% said it made them look at the party less favorably and 12% said more favorable and 47% said no impact. it shows how mitt romney compares with past candidates. she lower than mccain, kerry, bush, and dole at the same point in the race. head to head matchups nationally against president obama, all...
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romney's goal at his convention was to improve his likability. well, look at our poll. all of this progress obama made on the economy, when it comes to he had an eight-point jump in people thinking the country's headed in the right track. all of a sudden he pulls oon with who's best to handle the economy. we asked a question about who is best capable of dealing with the issues for the next four years. obama led by 11 points on that. and then you look at romney's likability number. and he's still upside down. joe, 13 straight nbc/"wall street journal" polls where more people have told us they have a negative view, then a positive view of mitt romney. >> so -- and these polls obviously taken before this videotape dust-up. >> before the video dust-up. >> is this something that's only in the echo chamber or is what i'm thinking possibly, you know, potentially the problem for him that will really hurt in terms of likability and a number of other areas for mitt romney? >> well, let's say it does impact. i guess my theory is that you won't see much of a change. if you believe
romney's goal at his convention was to improve his likability. well, look at our poll. all of this progress obama made on the economy, when it comes to he had an eight-point jump in people thinking the country's headed in the right track. all of a sudden he pulls oon with who's best to handle the economy. we asked a question about who is best capable of dealing with the issues for the next four years. obama led by 11 points on that. and then you look at romney's likability number. and he's...
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let's talk about the guys at the top of the polls. romney, santorum, ron paul. you went to an event for each, watched them make their closing arguments. joe and mika were talking about this earlier. small crowds at some of these events. what did you see yesterday? i agree with your point about them not getting to the 140,000. something else we noticed as we were driving out to the santorum event at the pizza ranch. it was my first pizza ranch event out in boon. >> it was lovely. >> i love the pizza ranch. >> i could have grazed there all day. >> mika's personal hell is the pizza ranch. >> i'm looking at these buffets of pizza! >> and you had none. come on. >> and dessert pizza. whole separate apple pie pizza. >> let me tell you something. this is my kind of place, iowa. >> iowa is great. but we need a little more -- >> you know how much the pizza buffet costs? >> 9.99. >> no way. >> oh, god. >> no way. he got oust campaign. >> yet his legacy lives on. >> it does. by the way, it's only been three weeks since herman cain dropped out of the race. >> that's disturbi
let's talk about the guys at the top of the polls. romney, santorum, ron paul. you went to an event for each, watched them make their closing arguments. joe and mika were talking about this earlier. small crowds at some of these events. what did you see yesterday? i agree with your point about them not getting to the 140,000. something else we noticed as we were driving out to the santorum event at the pizza ranch. it was my first pizza ranch event out in boon. >> it was lovely. >>...
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romney has cut the lead in half, according to the quinnipiac poll. does he have enough time to overtake him? >> you know what's interesting here about -- the two? when you talk to private pollsters on both sides of the aisle, there is some conformity to where florida is, where virginia is, frankly to, where nevada is. there is no conformity between the two parties on three states. ohio, iowa, wisconsin. they have -- both parties have two different views of what turnout is going to be in those states, and they have two different views of -- particularly in iowa and ohio, of the early vote. and i think that's the issue. how much of the early vote is -- is it overweighted in some of these polls, is it underweighted? i can tell you this. the obama folks believe they're ahead in ohio to the point that it's very hard for romney to catch up. the romney folks believe they've wiped away the advantages. like i said, they're polling two different worlds. this is one state write feel like they think two different things in a way that you don't see in florida, vi
romney has cut the lead in half, according to the quinnipiac poll. does he have enough time to overtake him? >> you know what's interesting here about -- the two? when you talk to private pollsters on both sides of the aisle, there is some conformity to where florida is, where virginia is, frankly to, where nevada is. there is no conformity between the two parties on three states. ohio, iowa, wisconsin. they have -- both parties have two different views of what turnout is going to be in...